I can't stand American cars. My first car back in my twenties was a Ford Fairmont station wagon, and it drove me into the welcoming arms of Honda. I've since gotten an affinity for the Europeans' vehicles, but that Honda Fit looks like a lot of car for $15K. I drive American cars all the time when I rent cars on the road, and I've never sat in one I'd pay money for over a Honda, VW, or Volvo.

 

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The recount is on. But it's already in the courts, and the essential question remains the same as in Florida in 2000--How clueless can you be and still get your vote counted?

 

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With one, soon two kids in the Minneapolis Public Schools, I've been taking a greater and greater interest in school governance and operations, and I watched this year's school board elections closely. It is rare in the People's Republic Of Minneapolis for an outsider to break through, and this year was no exception. The three DFL-endorsed candidates won.

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As I write this at 9 a.m. the morning after election night, the final five precincts, all in St. Louis County, came in, and Norm Coleman has a 726-vote lead over Al Franken. A recount is inevitable. I pulled a near all nighter, hitting the sack at 3:45 a.m., waiting for the race to be decided. The final 100 precincts in central and northeast Minnesota trickled in over the wee hours. The Coleman margin is less than one vote per five precincts.

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Thankfully, election season ends this week. And with it, the end of the ubiquitous pro and anti advertising over the Employee Free Choice Act that would change federal regulations governing union organizing efforts and elections. I will not begin to even try to get into this debate or explain it as it is clearly not simply about secret ballots as its opponents have suggested nor little people vs. "fat cats" as its proponents' ads say.

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